Latma, The Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Structure and Content
The curriculum of the Master's programme aims to promote flexibility, inclusiveness and renewal of covered topics to incorporate emerging and current issues on human rights in the region. It encompasses a theoretical and practical approach to the study of international and regional protection of human rights, democratic processes, transitional justice, human mobility, indigenous peoples, gender equality, disability, etc., with a focus on public policy and international standards.
LATMA offers classes, workshops and activities involving visiting lecturers from the regional programmes of the Global Campus of Human Rights and international experts.
LATMA involves 800 hours of academic work over a ten-month period, including the preparation, submission and defense of a Master's thesis as a requirement for graduation.
The curricular structure of the Master's programme is divided into 6 areas:
- - Foundations and contemporary issues of human rights
- - International mechanisms for the protection of human rights
- - Recognition and access to human rights
- - State, politics and human rights
- - Professional development
- - Methodology
Each area (A) falls under certain conceptual and methodological axes and consists of an area curricular unit (ACU) and several modular curricular units (MCU). This structure provides stability to the study plan as well as curricular flexibility and allows professionals to receive an updated training experience for the current year.
- Foundations and contemporary issues of human rights
ACU
- - Theoretical Foundations of human rights
MCU
- - Non-state actors
- - International agenda
- - Science, technology and human rights
- - Environment
- International mechanisms for the protection of human rights
ACU
- - International protection of human rights
MCU
- - Regional protection of human rights
- - International criminal justice
- - Social and collective rights
- - Human mobility: asylum, refuge, migration and displacement
- - Constitutional rights protection in Latin America
- - Clarification and reparation of systematic rights violations
- Recognition and access to human rights
ACU
- - Intersectionality and regional perspectives of inclusion
MCU
- - Human rights of children and adolescents
- - Gender and diversity
- - LGBTIQ+ population
- - Afro-descendants
- - Indigenous people
- - Human rights and disability
- State, politics and human rights
ACU
- - Democracy, political systems and public policies
MCU
- - Politics, public management and human rights
- - Citizen security and human rights
- - Social movements
- - International cooperation projects
- - Construction of human rights indicators
- Professional development
ACU
- - Professional development
MCU
- - Professional experience in public policies
- - Professional experience in strategic litigation
- - Professional experience in activism
- Methodology
ACU
- - Final project
MCU
- - Academic writing
- - Final project athenaeum
- - Individual mentoring